Billiard-cue tip



No. 624.804. I Patented May 9, I899.

w. a. HERZ. BILLIARD CUE TIP.

(Application filed Nov. 18, 1897.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. HERZ, OF HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.

BlLLIARD-CUE TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 624,804, dated lvlay 9, 1899. Application filed November 18,1897. Serial No. 658,977. (Noinodeh) T0 ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that 1, WILLIAM G. HERZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntsville, in the county of Madison and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Billiard-Oue Tip, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a tip or head for a billiard-cue and the means for securing it to the one; and the object of the invention is to improve the construction of the head or tip and to provide a simple and efficient device to secure such tip to the cue in such manner that the tip will have a uniform bearing on the end of the cue throughout their opposing surfaces under normal conditions, but which will permit of the tip being easily separated from a cue whenever necessary without in any manner injuring or defacing the latter.

With these objects in view the inventionconsists of the several details of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective rule 4 is adapted to fit over the cylindrical portion 2 and seat at its inner end on the shoulder 3, with its outer surface flush with the surface of the one. This ferrule will be firmly secured to the one in any desired man- 'ner, preferably by gluing them together. The

ferrule 4 is turned down' interiorly for about half its length to increase its interior diameter and form the annular shoulder 5, and

when the ferrule is fitted on the cue the end of the latter will terminate at a point intermediate the shoulder 5 and the outer end of the ferrule, as clearly shown in Fig, 2, and an annular space will be formed between the one and that part of the ferrule beyond the shoulder.

6 indicates a removable ferrule, split longitudinally from one end to the other end, made, preferably, of spring-steel rolled into cy1indrical form, although it may be made of any other suitable sheet metal, and this ferrule is adapted to fit within the ferrule 4 and is of such length that when its inner end seats on the shoulder 5 itsrouter end will be flush with the outer end of the ferrule 4. Its interior diameter is such that it will fit over the end of the cue and fill the annular space between the one and the ferrule 4. The ferrule 6 is provided with an interior annular rib '7 near its outer end, and this rib ispreferably formed by makingan annular depression in the outer periphery of the ferrule.

The tip or head is formed of two'sections,

7 (indicated by 8 and 9,respecti vely,) secured to gether preferably by glue. The section. 8 will be similar to the ordinary tip-that is, it will be made of sole-leather pressed but not water-soaked and have a convex face. The section 9..will.be made. of pressed .Sole-leatlfi'erand be soaked in glue-.waterto. fill its pores and harden it. The section 9 is formedwitha shoulder 10 and a reduced cylindrical extended shank portion'll. The diameter of the shank 11 is equal to the'diameter of the cylindrical end 2 of the one, and the shank is of such length that its end will engage the end of the one when the shoulder 10 is seated on the outer ends of the ferrules 4 and 6, and when the parts are in position the peripheral surface of the tip will be flush with the peripheral surface of the ferrule 4. An annular groove 12 is formed in the shank 11 to receive the interior annular rib 7 of the ferrule 6.

In assembling the parts together the for rule 4 will be secured firmly on the end of the one and will project a short distance beyond The split ferrule will be sprung open in order to insert the shank 11 of the tip, and when the ferrule contracts the rib 7 on the ferrule will seat in the annular groove 12 in the shank of the tip. The split ferrule will then be fitted into the ferrule 4 and will extend down over the end of the one and fill the annular space between the one and the ferrule 4, and the parts will be so proportioned that when the inner end of the split ferrule is seated on the shoulder 5 the ends of the shank and the cue will be in engagement and the shoulder 10 of the tip will rest upon the outer end of the ferrules 4 and 6. The tip will thus be firmly supported upon the end of the one, and as the split ferrule will normally expand there will be sufficient frictional engagement between the two ferrules to hold the split ferrule in place under normal conditions, and the tip, on account of the interlocking of the rib 7 and the annular groove 12, will also be securely held in position. When, however, it is desired to remove the tip for any purpose, the split ferrule and the tip can be pulled out of the ferrule 4L and the tip detached from the split ferrule.

In practice I have found it desirable to make the outer ferrule one inch with its Wall onethirty-second of an inch thick for half its length and one sixty-fourth of an inch thick for the other half of its length. The one will extend into the ferrule to Within three-sixteenths of an inch of its outer end. The split ferrule will be half an inch long and its Wall one sixty-fourth of an inch in thickness, and the shank of the tip will be three-sixteenths of an inch long in order that when the shoulder of the shank engages the outer ends of the ferrules its ends will engage the end of the cue. The diameter of the ferrule 4 will be varied to suit cues of different diameters, as will be understood. While the above dimensions are preferable, I do not intend to limit myself thereto, and it is also to be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted ,to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention. Having thus described the invention, What I claim is The combination with a billiard-cue, of a and the cue, a tip having a shank provided with an annular groove, and a removable resilient ferrule constructed of a single piece of sheet metal rolled into cylindrical form, the ends of the sheet metal being separated the entire length of the removable ferrule, and the latter being provided at a point between its ends with an interior annular rib, formed by grooving the sheet metal and adapted to interlock with the groove of the shank when the removable ferrule is compressed around the same, said removable ferrule being adapt ed to be readily introduced in and removed from the intervening space between the one and the fixed ferrule, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WVILLIAM G. I-IERZ 

